DOE OFFICIAL: USING WIPP FOR TANK WASTE WOULD AVOID COSTS

Disposing of some tank waste from Hanford and Savannah River at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant could save costs, but the Department of Energy would have to first shift to a risk-informed basis for its waste disposal decisions, a DOE official said late last week.…

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SRS resumes shipping remote-handled TRU waste to WIPP

The Department of Energy has sent its first shipment of remote-handled transuranic waste since 2009 from the Savannah River Site in South Carolina to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) using a new shipping container. Remote-handled waste is more radioactive… SUBSCRIBER ACCESS Thank you for visitingWeapons Complex Monitor! You must be logged in as a […]